The spacewalk, part of SpaceX's five-day Polaris Dawn mission, was carried out by private astronauts including Jared Isaacman, a fellow billionaire and longtime Musk partner who is now nominated ...

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company SpaceX reportedly lost ground control for at least an hour during the Polaris Dawn mission in September which included the first-ever private spacewalk.

Eric Gay/AP Photo 2. Polaris Dawn's Record-Breaking Mission The privately funded Polaris Dawn mission launched on September 10 and broke new ground in space exploration. Led by tech entrepreneur ...

The new year brings a new feature. On this date in space exploration history will bring you daily facts about the history of ...

By venturing into the void without the usual safety net of governmental oversight, the Polaris Dawn mission has opened the door to a future where space isn’t just the playground of governments.

In September, a crew of four commercial astronauts launched on the Polaris Dawn mission, which became a space flight for the history books. On Sept. 10, a crew under the command of billionaire ...

The whole point of having mission operators on the ground is to have the ability to quickly respond if something happens.” Polaris Dawn itself wasn’t a straightforward effort as the Dragon ...